All you dinosaur species step forward

Pete Zicato · 08-02-2010, 03:24 PM

Not so fast, triceratops.

http://www.examiner.com/x-61030-Dall...-as-a-dinosaur

Lamplighter · 08-02-2010, 04:00 PM

Of course it can happen both ways.
As juveniles, my kids were monsters but they gradually transformed into quite decent adults.
And as the teenagers grew older, they found their own parents changing from monsters back into reasonable grown ups.

Flint · 08-02-2010, 05:55 PM

Interesting...
the Triceratops hasn't gone away, just gotten more awesome.

It's a baby Torosaurus! This is the Papa ~~Triceratops~~ Torosaurus:

Clodfobble · 08-02-2010, 06:24 PM

Why is it that every child knows the name "Triceratops," but no one's ever heard of a "Torosaurus?" Is it just because the first name is more pleasing to the American ear, and is easier for a kid to say? Or is it a sociopolitical conspiracy? Sure sounds like a foreigner who spoke a Romance language named the Torosaurus, while Triceratops is distinctly Germanic. Have we been selectively teaching kids the name of the dinosaur that the white guy discovered?

Flint · 08-02-2010, 06:34 PM

Triceratops, triangle, and tricycle are used to teach kids that certain suffixes represent numbers. At least, in my house.

Shawnee123 · 08-02-2010, 06:37 PM

Sigh. First Pluto, now the Triceratops. Is nothing safe?

squirell nutkin · 08-02-2010, 08:24 PM

Fast Forward a few million years, dig up a Pug or Boston Terrier skeleton and a Great dane or Irish Wolfhound Skeleton then make the case that they were the same species, both dogs.

Suuuuure they were.

This is also old news about the dinosaurs in our house. When the inch was 4 he was schooling the librarian about how there is no such thing as a Brontosaurus, it is actually a something or other saurus.

What do you call a one eyed dinosaur?

DoYouThinkHeSaurus

sad_winslow · 08-02-2010, 09:29 PM

Actually, I think they're gonna rename torosaurus *to* triceratops now. Which is only proper, because otherwise I'd have to go beat some scientists up.

Rhianne · 08-03-2010, 04:11 AM

They always do that SW, the earlist named dinosaur always takes preference when the creatures have to be renamed. This is why we don't have Brontosauruses anymore - when it was realised they were the same animal they all became Apatosauruses.

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2010, 06:59 AM

Sometimes when I ride my bike to far I become Myassissoris.

Pete Zicato · 08-03-2010, 08:08 AM

That's interesting. I got a dragon figurine/statue years ago as a present. I named him Myassis. Myassis dragon.

Undertoad · 08-03-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Fast Forward a few million years, dig up a Pug or Boston Terrier skeleton and a Great dane or Irish Wolfhound Skeleton then make the case that they were the same species, both dogs.

This is trivial now. You put the genetic information in the computer and it spits back, Canis lupus familiaris.

glatt · 08-03-2010, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne

They always do that SW, the earlist named dinosaur always takes preference when the creatures have to be renamed. This is why we don't have Brontosauruses anymore - when it was realised they were the same animal they all became Apatosauruses.

I'm still annoyed by the brontosaurus thing. My kids have never even heard of a brontosaurus. It's like the world is trying to deny my childhood. Brontosaurus was one of the Big Four. You had your Tyrannosaurus, your Brontosaurus, your Stegosaurus, and your Triceratops.

Weird that Firefox spell checking even recognizes Brontosaurus.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2010, 08:43 AM

Then you fail, it's a parent's responsibility to teach their children outdated information, and myths, from their youth.

Spexxvet · 08-03-2010, 09:03 AM

Fred Flintstone at the drive through restaurant: "I'll have a brontosaurus burger"

Order taker: "never heard of it"

08-02-2010, 03:24 PM	#1
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	All you dinosaur species step forward Not so fast, triceratops. http://www.examiner.com/x-61030-Dall...-as-a-dinosaur __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Triceratops, triangle, and tricycle are used to teach kids that certain suffixes represent numbers. At least, in my house. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Sigh. First Pluto, now the Triceratops. Is nothing safe? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Of course it can happen both ways. As juveniles, my kids were monsters but they gradually transformed into quite decent adults. And as the teenagers grew older, they found their own parents changing from monsters back into reasonable grown ups.

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squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Fast Forward a few million years, dig up a Pug or Boston Terrier skeleton and a Great dane or Irish Wolfhound Skeleton then make the case that they were the same species, both dogs. Suuuuure they were. This is also old news about the dinosaurs in our house. When the inch was 4 he was schooling the librarian about how there is no such thing as a Brontosaurus, it is actually a something or other saurus. What do you call a one eyed dinosaur? DoYouThinkHeSaurus __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

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sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	Actually, I think they're gonna rename torosaurus to triceratops now. Which is only proper, because otherwise I'd have to go beat some scientists up.

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Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	They always do that SW, the earlist named dinosaur always takes preference when the creatures have to be renamed. This is why we don't have Brontosauruses anymore - when it was realised they were the same animal they all became Apatosauruses.

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Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	That's interesting. I got a dragon figurine/statue years ago as a present. I named him Myassis. Myassis dragon. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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